Senior Vice President

Paul R. SanbergSenior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Knowledge EnterprisePresident, USF Research FoundationExecutive Director of the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain RepairDistinguished University Professor of Medicine, Engineering, and BusinessUniversity of South Florida

Dr. Paul R. Sanberg is Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Knowledge
Enterprise, President of the USF Research Foundation, Distinguished University Professor
of Medicine, Engineering, and Business, and Executive Director of the Center of Excellence
for Aging and Brain Repair at the University of South Florida, and President of the
National Academy of Inventors.

A Florida native, Dr. Sanberg trained at York University, University of British Columbia,
Australian National University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and
held faculty appointments at the University of Cincinnati and Brown University, among
others. Prior to his current position, he served USF as Associate Dean in the Morsani
College of Medicine, Associate Vice President for USF Health, Senior Associate Vice
President for Research & Innovation and Special Assistant to the President.

As a researcher, his early work was pioneering in understanding why brain cells die
in neurological disorders and in drug abuse research. His recent research has focused
on discovering innovative ways to repair the damaged brain, and has helped lead the
team that demonstrated that bone marrow and umbilical cord blood derived stem cells
can be transformed to neural cells that may be useful in stroke, spinal cord injury
and ALS. His work has been instrumental in translating new pharmaceutical and cellular
therapeutics to clinical trials for Tourette syndrome, depression, stroke, Huntington's
disease and Parkinson's disease.

He is an inventor on 159 U.S. and foreign patents. He is the author of more than 650
articles and 14 books, with more than 30,500 citations to his published work. He has
served on editorial boards for more than 30 scientific journals and is co-editor-in-chief
of Technology and Innovation: Journal of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Sanberg was a long-term member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the
National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health and has served
on numerous scientific advisory boards for health-related foundations and companies.
He has significant industry experience as a founder or director of a number of companies
involved in cell therapy for degenerative disorders and biopharmaceutical development.

Dr. Sanberg is the founder and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
and has served as president of a number of professional societies, including the American
Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, Cell Transplant Society, and International
Behavioral Neuroscience Society. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
(AIMBE), Royal Societies of Chemistry, Public Health, and Medicine, American Psychological
Association, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, and American Society for
Neural Therapy and Repair, and has received numerous scientific awards, including
the Everfront Award for Stem Cells and Cancer Research. He was named a 2018 Fulbright
Specialist to Australia (and appointed Wilsmore Professor, University of Melbourne),
and has received a number of awards, including the 2018 Community Champion Award from
TiE Tampa Bay, 2015 Medalist of the Florida Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi's 2016 McGovern
Medal, 2015 inductee in the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, AAAS-Lemelson Invention
Ambassador, and was named 2015 Alumnus of the Year for Research and Academics by the
Australian National University. He serves on the nomination evaluation committee of
the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation with the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Smithsonian Innovation Festival selection committee, and advisory board
of the APLU Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity.

USF Research & Innovation (USFRI) coordinates and facilitates institutional research
initiatives and provides support for university-wide research programs and infrastructure
development. USFRI provides administrative direction and oversight of research policies
and procedures, assurances, budgetary matters, and central services for its departments.
As Senior Vice President of USFRI, Dr. Sanberg's vision and initiatives have established
USFRI as a mission-critical central hub for the university's research enterprise,
in support of the university's strategic plan. USFRI promotes and supports the research
and scholarship activities of faculty, staff, and students, and strives to make USF
a leading national research university.